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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Sung Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sungleehk79@zing.vn>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:36:48 +0200
Subject: Business Ethics

Greetings,

I am Mr.Sung Lee, auditing and account credit officer, Dah Sing Bank Ltd (Hong Kong).I have a very sensitive and confidential brief for you I ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds transfer to your account.further details would be forwarded to you as regards to this but in summary the fund would be transferred from my bank in Asia.

This is a legitimate transaction, You will be paid 25% from the total sum of your management fee.If you are interested, please write back via email.

I'm looking forward to it
Mr.Sung Lee

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